Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso was left frustrated by his side’s 1-4 friendly defeat to Arsenal on Tuesday. Which was not up to par with the Bundesliga champions. But he also saw it as a positive sign that it was a reflection of his players’ performances.
‘The Pharmacy’ played absent-mindedly and were knocked down by two goals in the first 10 minutes. After an hour, they were down 0-4. They had to rely on the period. When ‘The Gunners’ gradually sent in substitutes to finally break the deadlock 1-4 from Adam Loczek in the 76th minute. UFABET
The result was unacceptable to Alonso, who said he had to go back. And do his homework to improve his performance in the final warm-up match against Real Betis (10 August). Next week, there is the German Super Cup against Stuttgart (17 August) waiting for him.
“It was not a good performance from us and I am not happy. But it’s good that it happened early.” he said after the game at the Emirates Stadium.
“This is like a wake-up call for us. It’s a new season and we’re going to start laying eggs again.”
“We have to forget last season’s success, think only about this season and try to squeeze out our competitive potential.”
“Need to bring back the good attitude because it’s useless to keep reminiscing about the past.”
“We have to look forward because last night’s results were far from what we wanted. And We hope to use this result to build on the good.”
Sky Bet , a legal European bookmaker has Leverkusen as the #2 favorite to win the 2024-25 Bundesliga title at 5/2 ( bet 2, pay 5 , excluding stake ). Second only to Bayern Munich (8/15).